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State electoral district of Victoria, Australia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The electoral district of Werribee is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria. It has existed in two incarnations, first from 1976 to 2002,[1] and was created again in the 2013 redistribution and came into effect at the 2014 state election.[2]
Werribee Victoria—Legislative Assembly | |
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State | Victoria |
Dates current | 1976–2002 2014–present |
MP | Tim Pallas |
Party | Labor |
Namesake | Suburb of Werribee |
Electors | 46,282 (2018) |
Area | 339 km2 (130.9 sq mi) |
Demographic | Outer metropolitan |
Based on the rapidly growing outer south west suburbs of Melbourne, it takes in areas from Tarneit and Lara. It covers the suburbs of Werribee, Wyndham Vale, and the rural areas surrounding these suburbs to the south and west.[3]
Werribee was estimated to be a safe Labor seat with a margin of 11.4%, and was held by Labor with a further 4.2% swing towards them at the 2014 state election.[4]
First incarnation (1976–2002) | |||
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Member | Party | Term | |
Neville Hudson | Liberal | 1976–1979 | |
Ken Coghill | Labor | 1979–1996 | |
Mary Gillett | Labor | 1996–2002 | |
Second incarnation (2014–present) | |||
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Member | Party | Term | |
Tim Pallas | Labor | 2014–present | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Tim Pallas | 17,512 | 45.4 | −0.6 | |
Liberal | Mia Shaw | 9,779 | 25.3 | +8.7 | |
Greens | Jack Boddeke | 2,613 | 6.8 | +0.3 | |
Independent | Paul Hopper | 2,278 | 5.9 | +5.9 | |
Victorian Socialists | Sue Munro | 1,391 | 3.6 | +3.6 | |
Family First | Matthew Emerson | 964 | 2.5 | +2.5 | |
Democratic Labour | Kathryn Breakwell | 767 | 2.0 | −1.2 | |
Animal Justice | Josh Segrave | 730 | 1.9 | +1.9 | |
Justice | Patricia Anne Wicks | 709 | 1.8 | +1.8 | |
Freedom | Mark Strother | 663 | 1.7 | +1.7 | |
Transport Matters | Trevor Russell Collins | 360 | 0.9 | +0.9 | |
New Democrats | Prashant Tandon | 319 | 0.8 | +0.8 | |
Health Australia | Karen Hogan | 260 | 0.7 | +0.7 | |
Independent | Patrizia Barcatta | 213 | 0.6 | +0.6 | |
Independent | Heni Cazlynn Kwan | 45 | 0.1 | +0.1 | |
Total formal votes | 38,603 | 90.3 | −2.9 | ||
Informal votes | 4,156 | 9.7 | +2.9 | ||
Turnout | 42,759 | 85.6 | +4.5 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Tim Pallas | 23,517 | 60.9 | −2.4 | |
Liberal | Mia Shaw | 15,086 | 39.1 | +2.4 | |
Labor hold | Swing | −2.4 |
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